to the METU Aerospace Engineering DBF Team who

won 6th place in the 2010 Cessna Raytheon Design/Build/Fly Contest

held in Wichita, Kansas organized by AIAA.

At this highly challenging contest, METU 2010 Design Team won a worthy 6th place after competing

with 69 other international design teams by successfully completing all required contest missions.

Aerodynamic and performance analyses, structural design, 3D modeling, propulsion system

engineering, construction, flight testing – all these were the main subjects that 2010 DBF team

primarily concentrated on to create a successful design.

Team members: Back row, left to right: Ömer UYGUN, Orkun ŞİMŞEK, Sedat GÜLDÜ, Yaroslav NOVİKOV, Engürcan GÜLER, Front row, left to right: Serhat Nihat YANIK, Can YEZER Members of the junior team who have heavily contributed to the success of METU 2010 DBF team: Tuğcan SELİMHOCAOĞLU, Harun ÖZKANAKTI, Arda ERGÖNEN Advisor: Prof. Dr. Nafiz Alemdaroglu. Special thanks to technician Murat Ceylan.

AIAA 2009/2010 Design/Build/Fly Contest Preliminary Results

Place University Entry Name Report Score

W_TeamMaximum

Weight

Mission 1

Score

Mission 2

Score

Mission 3

Score

TotalFlightScore

Final Score

1 Oklahoma State University OSU Orange 96.00 7.7 34.0 94.8 88.1 216.9 20818

2 Oklahoma State University OSU Black 93.50 7.8 30.6 74.9 92.2 197.6 18480

3 Purdue University B'Euler Up 94.25 7.5 34.9 58.4 97.5 190.8 17984

4 University of Texas at Austin Bat Wing 92.25 10.2 22.1 57.3 68.6 148.0 13649

5 California Polytechnic State University SLO Swings Both Ways 88.00 10.2 19.4 61.3 73.3 154.0 13555

6 Middle East Technical University ANATOLIAN CRAFT 87.73 12.2 16.8 47.9 74.2 138.9 12187

7 University of Colorado at Boulder Buff Bambino 93.00 11.0 15.7 28.4 73.8 117.9 10963

8 West Virginia University WVU Blue 95.00 10.8 14.4 36.9 60.1 111.4 10587

9 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Redhawks 78.50 18.7 13.1 17.3 100.0 130.5 10244

10 Sapienza Università di Roma Falkor 86.00 23.8 7.1 24.6 81.4 113.0 9722

11 University of Texas at Austin Texas Flight 78.63 11.0 16.4 46.8 48.5 111.7 8785

12 Turkish Air Force Academy Anatolian Eagle 74.00 12.4 14.7 41.6 62.1 118.4 8759

13 Pennsylvania State University TurboKat 85.84 11.5 17.4 31.7 45.4 94.5 8115

14 Wichita State University WSU Team Wheat 73.25 7.3 32.2 66.7 0.0 98.9 7243

15 West Virginia University WVU Gold 86.77 14.1 12.9 20.7 41.6 75.2 6527

16 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Veni, Vidi, Vici 83.50 11.6 21.9 53.9 0.0 75.8 6329

17 Istanbul Technical University ATLANTIS 88.50 11.2 18.3 48.9 0.0 67.2 5949

18 Wichita State University WSU Team Shock 93.25 9.3 25.7 37.7 0.0 63.3 5906

19 University of California, Irvine Bat-Eater 73.00 10.8 14.7 57.9 0.0 72.7 5305

20 University of California San Diego TLAR Velox 67.38 10.5 22.1 55.6 0.0 77.7 5235

21 Turkish Air Force Academy Cevheri- 3 88.00 12.3 15.5 41.9 0.0 57.4 5052

22 University of Arizona Ground Out 72.00 31.7 5.7 4.7 59.7 70.1 5048

23 San Diego State University Monty's LN - 7 92.00 17.6 16.8 33.2 0.0 49.9 4595

24 Auburn University The Planesman 85.50 9.7 17.8 32.3 0.0 50.0 4279

25 Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Perfect Pitch 92.00 9.0 18.0 27.0 0.0 45.1 4146

26 Georgia Institute of Technology Perfect Option 89.00 5.9 39.3 0.0 0.0 39.3 3496

27 University of Florida AviGator 92.50 10.1 13.8 20.7 0.0 34.5 3191

28 Anadolu University Turkuaz 83.50 19.8 8.6 29.5 0.0 38.1 3183

29 Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB) UPB Colombia 83.00 18.8 9.7 25.9 0.0 35.6 2953

30 University of California Los Angeles The Bad News Bears 82.34 17.0 9.4 14.3 0.0 23.7 1949

31 University of Miami Sign Finder 74.83 14.9 8.6 14.7 0.0 23.3 1746

32 University of Oklahoma Crimson Skies 84.00 11.7 20.7 0.0 0.0 20.7 1739

33 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Phoenix 69.50 22.9 7.5 13.2 0.0 20.6 1435

34 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Team Volocity 77.63 16.4 12.5 0.0 0.0 12.5 972

35 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Edvard Rusjan Slovenian Team

84.75 19.5 10.4 0.0 0.0 10.4 881

36 University of Kentucky -Lexington Campus Gato De Cielo 76.75 16.4 11.2 0.0 0.0 11.2 863

37 Iowa State University Iowa State Red Team 76.00 19.5 9.8 0.0 0.0 9.8 744

38 Istanbul Technical University ATA-11 83.15 17.6 8.9 0.0 0.0 8.9 737

39 City College of New York �φροδίτη (Aphrodite) 69.00 19.6 8.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 549

40 California Polytechnic University Pomona The Bronco Ballers 70.65 20.2 7.6 0.0 0.0 7.6 535

41 Clarkson University KnightHawks 65.50 18.9 7.5 0.0 0.0 7.5 489

42 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Alabama Slammer 88.40 25.3 5.5 0.0 0.0 5.5 489

43 Intituto Politecnico Nacional Aviación Quetzal 39.00 16.8 10.9 0.0 0.0 10.9 423

44 Western Michigan University H.T.A. 56.00 18.5 7.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 393

45 Rochester Institute of Technology RIT Aero 73.75 30.6 5.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 365

46 University of Nebraska - Lincoln Red Horizon 44.00 33.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 4.4 193

47 Georgia Institute of Technology Down to Buzzness 81.00 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3

48 Case Western Reserve University All Balls 74.85 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2

49 University of Southern California Dark Reign of Troy 89.25 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2

50 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Illini SkyBound 67.00 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2

51 University of Washington Da Dawgsled 64.50 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

52 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology DarkKnightII 77.75 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

53 University of Arkansas Swine Flew 85.00 20.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

54 Columbia University Lion Cub 72.00 22.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

55 University of Strathclyde Icarus 85.00 30.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

56 University of Central Florida Knight Wing 80.00 29.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

57 TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara Lagari 62.50 27.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

58 University of Dayton UD Flyers 78.00 41.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

59 University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Chicken Wings 61.00 33.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

60 New Mexico State University Bluebird 56.75 41.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

61 University of Miami The U Bird 44.00 37.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

62 Arizona State University Brimstone 60.00 72.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

63 Daniel Webster College, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Redemption 80.00 149.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

64 San Jose State University Spartans 63.50 149.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

65 Washington State University Palouse Goose 53.00 149.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

66 American University of Sharjah Desert Eagle 82.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

67 Syracuse University Flying Orange 71.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

68 Iowa State University ISU Gold Team 59.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

69 California State University Long Beach Project Batboy 37.50 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

The 2010 Cessna/Raytheon Missile Systems Design/Build/Fly Competition Flyoff was held at Cessna Field in Wichita, KS on the weekend of April 16-18, 2010. This was the 14th year the competition was held, and participation continued to increase from past years. A total of 69 teams submitted written reports to be judged. 65 teams attended the flyoff all of which completed the technical inspection and 62 teams made at least one flight attempt. More than 600 students, faculty, and guests were present. Good weather allowed for non-stop flights each day with a total of 179 flights during the weekend. 46 Teams were able to obtain a successful scoring flight. Overall, the teams were better prepared for the competition than ever before, which was reflected in the number and quality of the written reports, teams attending the flyoff, completing tech and flying the missions. A historical perspective of participation is shown below. The primary design objective for this year was to accommodate random payloads of mixed size softballs and bats. A delivery flight was first required, where the airplane was flown with no payload. As usual, the total score is the product of the flight score and written report score. More details on the mission requirements can be found at the competition website: http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/aiaadbf First Place was Oklahoma State University Team Orange, Second Place was Oklahoma State University Team Black and Third Place was Purdue University B'Euler Up. The top three teams had a very close competition. Oklahoma State University (OSU) Orange was ahead after all three teams completed the third mission. They then re-flew Mission 2 and dropped their ball loading time from 16 seconds down to 12 seconds to stretch their lead. Purdue and OSU Black then retried their mission 2 but unfortunately both had problems. A full listing of the results is included below We owe our thanks for the success of the DBF competition to the efforts of many volunteers from Cessna Aircraft, Raytheon Missile Systems, and the AIAA sponsoring technical committees: Applied Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design, Flight Test, and Design Engineering. These volunteers collectively set the rules for the contest, publicize the event, gather entries, judge the written reports, and organize the flyoff. Thanks also go to the Corporate Sponsors: Raytheon Missile Systems and Cessna Aircraft Company, and also to the AIAA Foundation for their financial support. Special thanks go to Cessna Aircraft for hosting the flyoff this year. Finally, this event would not be nearly as successful without the hard work and enthusiasm from all the students and advisors. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t keep doing it. David Levy and Tom Zickuhr For the DBF Governing Committee

First Place: Oklahoma State University Team Orange

Second Place Oklahoma State University Team Black

Third Place Purdue University B'Euler Up